Proverbs 31:9
Speak [MTY] ◄on their behalf/to help them► and try to cause judges to decide matters fairly/justly; try to cause others to do for poor and needy people what should be done for them.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy.
In Context
Cross References
Deuteronomy 1:16I instructed/told your leaders, ‘Listen to the disputes that occur among your people. Judge each dispute, including disputes between close relatives and quarrels between your people and people from other countries who live among you.
2 Samuel 8:15David ruled over all the Israeli people, and he always did for them what was fair and just.
Job 29:15It was as though [MET] I was eyes for blind people and feet for people who were lame.
Psalms 72:1O God, enable me, the king whom you appointed in Israel, to rule justly. Show/Teach me how to judge matters fairly
Proverbs 16:12Kings detest those who do evil, because it is people doing what is fair/right that causes their governments to be [MTY] strong.
Isaiah 1:17Learn to do things that are good! Try to cause people to do what is just. Help people who are ◄oppressed/treated cruelly►. Defend orphans and widows when people take them to court.”
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 31:2-10
Maternal Counsels to King Lemuel. 1 The words of king Lemuel, the prophecy that his mother taught him. 2 What, my son? and what, the son of my womb? and what, the son of my vows? 3 Give not thy strength unto women, nor thy ways to that which destroyeth kings. 4 It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes strong drink: 5 Lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted. 6 Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto… Read the whole commentary →